Course Syllabus

AUTUMN 2023            ASTRO 150E     (asynchronous online)

Syllabus

 OFFICE HOURS

Cisneros- (week 11) Fri, 10:00-12:30 pm in-person (PAB 324) or on zoom   https://washington.zoom.us/j/7092952774

Charlie - Tuesdays 9am https://washington.zoom.us/j/93657664623 

Francisca - Wednesdays 4-5pm https://washington.zoom.us/j/95341255013

Binh - Thursdays 9-11 am  https://washington.zoom.us/j/7655910711

Lab Help Forum
Jeffery - M,W,[10am-12pm] F [10a-11p]

 Brian - Monday 12pm-3pm, Tuesday 12pm-1pm, Wednesday 12pm-3pm, Thursday 12pm-1pm, Friday 1pm-3pm  

Raeven - Tuesday,Thursday [5pm - 10pm]. 

PROPAGANDA: Everything subject to Change.

Suggested Work Flow: 

Day 1: (3 hours)

  • Read all the stuff and things published in the weekly module. (20 min)
  • Read chapter assigned in the homework (1 hr)
  • Begin homework. (40 min)
  • Follow up on Discussion posts. (1 hr)

Day 2: (2.5 hours)

  • Open first quiz and solve it. (1.5 hr)
  • Work on homework. (1 hr)

Day 3: (3 hours)

  • Open Demoquiz or lab, read and begin to work on it. (3 hr)

Day 4: (3 hours)

  • Open next quiz and solve it. (1.5 hr)
  • Work on Demoquiz. (1.5 hr)

Day 5: (3 hours)

  • Open Discussion and begin to research. Make original post. (3 hr)
  • week 7 (6-10 Nov, Veteran's Day 10 Nov) LECTURES(Ch9): Asteroids (everything is Jupiter's fault). Asteroid Belt, Kuiper Belt, Oort Cloud (Resonances mostly). Planet 9 and bowling-ball sized Black Holes.   HW 7 (Ch.9) Small Bodies in the Solar System Lab 3: Radio Date Discussion 6: How to Prove that the Earth is Round
    week 8 (13-17 Nov) LECTURES (Ch8) Giant Planets (magnetic fields, formation theories, etc)   HW 8 (Ch.8) Giant Planets Lab 4: Transits Discussion 7: Closer Encounters with Space Rocks~!
    week 9 (20th Nov only) (THXGIVING) LECTURES (Ch5): (STARS & NUKES)  Thermonuclear Fusion: stars layers like an onion(electron energy levels QM) and then to fusion energy HW 9 (Ch.5) Formation of stars and planets --- Discussion 8: Is there a Planet 9?
    week 10 (Nov 27 - Dec 1) LECTURES (Ch18): Possibility of Life in the Universe/Drake Eqn, etc, BH INTRO & Exit survey   HW 10 (Ch.18) Life in the Universe\ Demoquiz 4: Finding Fibonacci Discussion 9: Life Beyond Earth?
    week 11 ( 4-8 Dec) LECTURES: TBD ----

PROPAGANDA: NO EXAMS &  NO LATE WORK.

PROPAGANDA:  SMARTWORK-SIGNUP, PURCHASE AND ACCESS THROUGH CANVAS. ONLY. OR IT WON'T COUNT.  Click on first homework to be redirected to purchase the book Smartwork: Ch. 1: Homework 1  (HINT: if you purchased a "registration code" from the bookstore, then you must input it here through canvas.)